Matthew 27:66
and they, having gone, made the grave secure, having sealed the stone, together with the guard.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
In Context
65And Pilate said to them, “You have a guard, go away, make [it] secure—as you have known”;
Cross References
Joshua 10:18And Joshua says, “Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and appoint men over it to watch them;
Matthew 27:60and laid it in his new tomb that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away;
Matthew 28:11And while they are going on, behold, certain of the guard having come into the city, reported to the chief priests all the things that happened,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:58-66
The Burial of Christ. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting… Read the whole commentary →